Active Transportation

MAG's Active Transportation program plans for the improvement and construction of sidewalks, bikeways, and off-street paths. These plans include activities that inform the region about the benefits of biking and walking, and the important connections to transit.

The MAG Active Transportation Committee is composed of representatives from MAG member agencies, Valley Metro and the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists as well as members of the landscape architecture and public health community. The committee annually recommends projects for funding, including through the MAG Design Assistance Program and the MAG Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans and First Time Updates program. The committee focuses on meaningful implementation by recommending bicycle and pedestrian projects for funding as well as activities to inform the region about the benefits of biking and walking—and the importance of connections to transit—to foster mobility through a regionally-significant active transportation system.

MAG is creating a regional active transportation plan that will serve as a guide for improving, expanding and connecting the MAG region’s bicycle and pedestrian network. Take our visual preference survey and share your knowledge on our interactive comments map, MAG wants your input on how to make the region happier, healthier, and safer!

In 2013, MAG hired ChenRyan Associates to conduct a region-wide bicycle count. The consultant worked with MAG member agencies to select a count methodology and determine which sites would be counted. The counts were conducted in October and November of 2013. 44 sites were counted using pneumatic tube technology, allowing continuous 24-hour counts over two week periods. 84 sites were counted manually using consultant staff to perform counts during weekday afternoon peak travel periods (4pm-6pm) and weekend morning peak travel periods (10am-12pm).Bicycle Count Data Summary Presentation

The Valley Path Brand & Wayfinding Signage Guidelines serve as a technical resource to guide parks and transportation agencies as they plan, design and implement the brand and wayfinding signage along the off-street bicycle network in the Phoenix metro area. The Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and member agencies developed this manual in response to requests from the public for better uniformity and consistency of wayfinding signage throughout the regional off-street bicycle network.

The MAG bikeways network includes both on- and off-street facilities. Existing off-street bicycle facilities consist of paved multi-use pathways through the urbanized areas, while the preserves occurring on the periphery of the metro area have natural surface recreational paths. On-street bike lanes and routes follow the rectilinear street grid, while the off-street network largely follows miles of stormwater facilities and historic canals. Small scale neighborhood pathways feed into larger shared-use paths which extend through multiple cities. The focus of these wayfinding guidelines is the off-street bicycle network. Open online bike map

MAG, in coordination with its member agencies, publishes a printed bike map every three to five years. The current edition is the 2015 MAG Bikeways Map, available in printed form for free from MAG (call 602-254-6300), local agencies, and many local bike shops. You can download the PDF version here using the link above.NOTE: Because this is a large file, and as an additional security measure, right click and choose "Save Target As..." to save the file to your disk.

Additionally, MAG provides an online version of the bikeways map, which is compatible with mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The online map is updated by MAG more frequently than the printed map, showing new bikeways constructed since the printed map was published, and will soon be adding video and photo components.

In coordination with its members, MAG has developed goals and objectives for the MAG TA program, specific eligible activities for the MAG TA program and a multi-disciplined evaluation team for infrastructure TA projects.

About MAG

The Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) is a Council of Governments (COG) that serves as the regional planning agency for the metropolitan Phoenix area.

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